Faculty/Author Profile

Amy Reischauer

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Special Counsel, Office of Small Business Policy, Division of Corporation Finance

Washington, DC, USA

Amy Reischauer is Special Counsel in the Office of Small Business Policy in the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The office assists companies seeking to raise capital through exempt or smaller registered offerings, and participates in and reviews SEC rulemaking and other actions that may affect small businesses. She also has been involved in the SEC’s Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative.

Ms. Reischauer joined the SEC in 2012 in the Division’s Office of Health Care and Insurance. Before joining the SEC, she served as Associate General Counsel at drugstore.com, inc., a Walgreens company, and as Assistant General Counsel at Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc., a publicly traded REIT. Previously, Ms. Reischauer practiced securities and corporate law at the Seattle office of Perkins Coie LLP.

She received her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, her M.B.A. from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and her B.A. in International Studies from Vassar College